Medicine-time indicator for bottles



' B. A. CHAPMAN.

MEDIGINE TIME INDICATOR FOR BOTTLES.

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N0.5'76,833. Patented Feb; 9, 1897.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BESSIE A. CHAPMAN, OFJBROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

MEDICINE-TIME INDICATOR FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,833, dated February9, 1897. Application filed December 16, 1896. Serial No. 615,872. (Nomodel.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BESSIE A. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Brooklyn, in the county'of Kingsand State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Medicine-Time Indicators forBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a new and improvedtime-indicator which is susceptible of being conveniently and quicklyapplied to a medicine-bottle for indicating or showing the time that themedicine contained in the bottle should be administered or taken by thepatient or person under treatment.

To accomplish this object, the invention consists in a shank having atone end a main disk or plate and at the other end a divided or splitelastic clasp adapted to encircle and 'yieldingly grip the neck of amedicine-bottle, and a secondary disk or plate mounted on the main diskor plate and provided with a row of numerals indicating the hours.

The invention also consists in other features of construction and in thecombination or arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa front elevation of my improved medicine-time indicator applied to amedicine -bottle, the latter being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 isa central vertical sectional view of the improved medicine-timeindicator. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the disk or plate bearing thenumerals which indicate the hours. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the maindisk or plate having the notch or opening through which the hour numeralor numerals can be made visible, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the diskor plate for cooperating with minute-numerals provided on the main diskor plate.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, Iwill now describe the same in detail, referring to thedrawings, wherein the numeral 1 indicates a shank, which is composed ofa fiat approximately-rectangu1ar strip of suitable material, and isformed integral at one end portion with a disk or plate 2 and at theopposite end portion with a divided or split ring-shaped claspcomprising elastic sections 3 and 4,

which overlap each other at their extremities, so that they can beexpanded to a greater or less extent for the purpose of fitting theclasp to the necks of medicine-bottles which differ or vary in diameter.of the sections 3 and 4 composing the divided or split ring clasp causesthe clasp to elastically or yieldingly grip the bottle-neck and therebysustain or support the shank 1 and disk 2 in an upright position abovethe mouth of the bottle.

The main disk 2 is provided at its rear side with a secondary disk 5,secured at the center by a tubular rivet or pivot-pin 6 and having itsperiphery constructed with serrations or notches 7, so that it can beconveniently rotated whenever desired.

The secondary disk or plate 5 is provided near its serrated or notchedperiphery with a circular row of numerals, which indicate the hours from1 to 12, inclusive.

The peripheral portion of the main disk 2 is constructed with a notch oropening 8, through which the numeral or numerals indicating any desiredhour may be made visible by simply rotating or turning the secondarydisk 5 until the required numeral, one or more, appears through thenotch or opening in the secondary disk. I

The main disk or plate 2 is provided near its center with a circular rowof numerals indicating minutes, and preferably these numerals aredivided to show quarters of an hour, as best seen in Fig. 4. In front ofthe disk 2 is placed a disk or plate 9, of comparatively small diameter,provided in its periphery with a notch or opening 10, through which thenumerals indicating the quarters of an hour may be exposed to view.

The three disks are all mounted on the tubular rivet or pivot-pin 6, andthe rear disk 5 and front disk 9 are susceptible of being rotated orturned for the purpose of exposing the numeral or numerals indicatingthe required hour through the notch or opening 8 and the numeralsindicating the required portion of an hour through the notch or opening10.

The disk or plate 2, which lies in front of the disk or plate 5, isdesigned to be provided with the words Next dose at oclock, so disposedthat the word at lies at one The inherent elasticity side of the notch Sand the word oclock at the opposite opposite side in such manner thatwhen the numeral or numerals indicating thehour are exposed through thenotch 8 the information to be supplied is completed and may be read, forinstance, thus: Next dose at 3 oclock, as shown in Fig. 1. If a portionof an hour is to be indicated, the disk 9 is turned to the requiredposition, and, for example, the numerals 30 may be exposed through thenotch or opening 10, in which event the indicator will show that thenext dose is to be taken for example,at 3. 30 oclock.

\Vhile I have illustrated the notched disk 2 as stationary and thenumeral-bearing disk 5 as rotary, it will be obvious that either diskmay be made rotary, in which event the shank 1 will be formed with orconnected to the other disk.

The minute disk or plate 9 may be conveniently rotated by engaging afinger or finger-nail with one edge of notch or opening 10 in theperipheral portion thereof.

The disks or plates, the shank, and the divided or split elastic claspare preferably made of pyralin or other pyroXylin compound or materialin any desired color. By this means a nice, clean, light, strong, anddurable article is obtained, which can be readily cleaned wheneverdesired by simply wiping it oif withadamp cloth. By making the parts ofpyralin inimitation of ivory aver Y attractive and handsome article isobtained, which will prove desirable and useful wherever medicinebottlesare employed, especially where a person under treatment desires to bereminded of the proper time to take a dose of medicine.

The instructions as to quantity of medicine to be taken may be Writtenon a card or paper and inserted under the minute-disk 9, or theseinstructions may be upon the bottle, as usual, or applied in anysuitable manner to any part of the time-indicator.

The main disk 2, shank 1, and divided or split elastic clasp comprisingthe folding sections 3 and 4 are preferably formed of a single piece ofmaterial, whereby the article can be very rapidly and economicallymanufactured and placed on the market at a low cost.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. A medicine-timeindicator for a medicine-bottle, consisting of a shank having at one enda main disk or plate, and at the other end a divided or split elasticclasp adapted to encircle and yieldingly grip the neck of the bottle,and a secondary disk or plate mounted on the main disk or plate andprovided with a row of numerals indicating the hours, substantially asand for the purposes described.

2. A medicine-time indicator for a medicine-bottle, consisting of ashank having at one end a divided or split elastic clasp, and at theother end a main disk or plate provided with a notch or opening, and asecondary rotatable disk or plate provided with a row of numeralsindicating hours and pivoted at its center to the center of the maindisk or plate, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A medicine-time indicator for a medicine-bottle, consisting of ashank having at one end a divided or split elastic clasp, and at theother end a main disk or plate provided with a notch or opening and aroW of numeralsindicating minutes, the minute disk or plate pivoted atthe front of the main disk and having a notch or opening to expose theminute-numerals, and a secondary rotatable disk or plate provided with arow of numerals indicating hours and pivotally mounted at the rear ofthe main disk or plate, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

BESSIE A. CHAPMAN.

\Vitnesses:

IRVING J. CHAPMAN, D. H. COBB.

